FAIRTRADE supporters in Holmes Chapel marked the international campaign’s dedicated fortnight with a special coffee morning.

Visitors to the village’s Methodist Church were invited to draw on a triangle of cotton in a bid to break the world record for the longest piece of bunting.

Congleton MP Fiona Bruce who attended the event said: “Fairtrade is not about charity, it’s about justice. It’s about people getting fair pay for produce no matter where they live in the world.

“Fairtrade is about justice not charity, it’s not about giving a hand out or a donation to a charity, although these are in themselves very good and a great deal of this happens here.

“Fairtrade is about more than that, in a sense it’s even more dignified.”

A spokeswoman for the Holmes Chapel Fairtrade group said: “Fairtrade is about mutual self respect. It’s about treating a fellow human being, wherever they live in the world, with fairness and leaving some goodwill in the deal.

“It’s about paying a fair price for a product, recognising that the contribution every individual makes has worth.”